Corton, Suffolk

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Corton, Suffolk
Corton, Suffolk shown within Suffolk
Population	1170
OS grid reference	TM545970
District	Waveney
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOWESTOFT
Postcode district	NR32
Dialling code	01502
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Waveney
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°31′N 1°45′E / 52.51, 1.75

Corton is a coastal village in Suffolk, located a few miles to the north of Lowestoft.

Its main industry is catering for the seaside holiday maker, as demonstrated by the residential holiday parks and Pleasurewood Hills leisure park situated there.

Corton's beaches are located along the base of a line of cliffs, which are suffering gradual erosion. Recent sea defences to protect the crumbling cliffs at Broadland Sands Holiday Park have cut a two mile stretch of beach off from the sea. The cliffs at Corton have been an important source of fossil remains and geological information.

Corton Beach was popular as a naturist enclave. A new naturist section has been opened on the section of the beach south of the village, towards Lowestoft.

Contents 1 Origins 2 History 3 Features 4 Community Groups 5 External links

[edit] Origins

[edit] History

[edit] Features

• Village Hall

• Corton School
• War Memorial & Village Sign

• • Roll of Honour
• Methodist Church
• St Bartholemew's Church
• Playing Field
• Village Peacock

The Village has been home to a Peacock since 2003. He hops around the back gardens eating fruit and seeds and occasionally leaving a feather. Mostly he hangs around Corton School, and you can hear him calling from there in the evenings. He has poor road sense, but survived a brush with a car in 2005. Actually, he used to spend most of his time at a house on the corner of wheatacre drive, in the very tall trees.

[edit] Community Groups

• Parish Council
• Corton Poors' Land Trust
• Corton Almshouse Charity
• Happy Circle
• WI
• Playing Field Committee
• The Beach Tide Table (from the BBC) | 5 Day Weather (from the BBC)

• Naturist Beach

[edit] External links

• Corton Website by a village family

Holiday Accommodation

• Broadland Sands
• Warners: Corton
• The Waterside Village (formerly Corton Beach Holiday Village)

Businesses

• The Corton Hut

Police

• Suffolk Police (gives officers covering Corton)

GPs

• High Street Surgery: High Street Surgery, High Street, Lowestoft NR32 1JE 01502 589151
• Dr Kumar & Partners: Station Road, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 9BE01502 732246

Dentists

• Plummers & Associates, 1 Corton Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4PH

01502 567519

• Sue Allen 1 Station Rd, Hopton, Great Yarmouth NR31 9BE

Schools

• Corton CEVCP School School Details | Snow Closure